Chapter 4 Chapter Two

In 1982, Jet Li, who was only 19 years old, was favored by the famous martial arts film director Zhang Xinyan and starred in the movie "Shaolin Temple" as the male protagonist Jueyuan monk.The film caused a sensation in the film world and was hailed as a classic of martial arts movies, and Jet Li became an instant hit because of this.This film also laid the foundation for him to become a kung fu superstar in the future. In 1974, Jet Li was 11 years old.This year, the National Martial Arts Competition was held in Xi'an.This is a major event in the world of martial arts. Whoever can pick this champion pearl by virtue of martial arts will become the "No. 1 master in the world".

At that time, the Beijing Wushu team went abroad for a visit, and how to determine the candidates for the competition posed a dilemma for the leaders of the sports school. Seeing that the candidates were still uncertain, Wu Bin recommended Jet Li to the leaders, saying that although he was young, he could take on great responsibilities.The leader of the martial arts team thought for a while and said: "Although his performance has always been good, he must be a child. Martial arts compares strength and skill. His skills are no problem, but his sense of strength is not enough. He is too young. Small."

Coach Wu Bin did not give up, and said: "The little tiger has grown up in the past two years, you can see his martial arts, it is very different from before." At Wu Bin's request, the leaders of the sports school watched Jet Li's performance. Sure enough, Jet Li's martial arts are different from before. The place that should be light is light and elegant, and the place that should be heavy is powerful. Jet Li rehearsed a set of boxing techniques With a set of swordsmanship, the leader was very satisfied after seeing it, and allowed him to rush to Xi'an to compete.Due to his young age, he was included in the order book of the juvenile competition.

After arriving in Xi'an, maybe he caught a cold on the road, or maybe the sailors refused to accept it. This little tiger, which is always aggressive, fell ill and lay on the bed with a high fever. The team doctor took his temperature, and it was thirty-nine degrees. .The team doctor said: "You have a good rest." "Rest?" Jet Li struggled to get up and said, "What about tomorrow's match?" "How do you play like this, you have to pass out as soon as you play." The doctor's words made Xiao Lianjie fall into depression. Lying on the hospital bed, he remembered what his brothers and sisters said before he left. His elder brother said: "Little Tiger, you are going to represent the eight million people in the capital. You can’t embarrass the people of the capital.”

The little brother immediately went on to say: "That's right, you can embarrass the little brother, but you can't embarrass the neighbors in the neighborhood. They are all people from the capital." The eldest sister also said: "When you come back triumphantly, my sister will make dumplings for you." The words of his older brothers and sisters came to mind, and he was greatly encouraged. He vowed that he would never become a coward, but stand up bravely. At this time, the most worrying thing is Coach Wu Bin, it was his idea to recommend Jet Li. Now that Jet Li is so sick, although the leader will not say it, what will he think.He came to Jet Li's ward, held his hand and said: "Little Tiger, you have to stand up bravely, you can't become a sick cat and make people look down on you."

Seeing the earnest eyes of the coach, Jet Li nodded. On the eve of the competition, the leader of the martial arts team came to his room and asked, "Little Tiger, do you think you can compete in this state?" Jet Li got up abruptly and said loudly: "I can!" Seeing that Jet Li was still in good spirits when he was sick, the leader happily patted him on the head and said, "He is really a little tiger, so go compare with them!" After the leader visited Jet Li, he called Wu Bin and the team doctor, and said to them: "Anyway, there is no better player now, so let him play. Before playing, give him a bottle of intravenous drip, so that he will feel better."

Early the next morning, the team doctor gave Jet Li an intravenous drip. After that, Jet Li drank a bowl of porridge and came to the Xi'an Ten Thousand People Gymnasium.After arriving at the game, the team doctor stuck a layer of adhesive tape on the needle port to prevent him from vibrating. After a while, a bell of "Dang" rang.The host read: "Now No. 18 contestant Li Zhengdong is ready to go on stage." Jet Li then changed into the performance attire for the competition, which was a set of khaki clothes. Coach Wu Bin patted him on the shoulder and said, "Little Tiger, perform as usual."

In this way, Jet Li, who was glued to the tape, stood on the arena. As soon as he stood on the arena, facing the dark crowd around him, Jet Li forgot about his illness, and became full of energy. His childish face showed the masculinity of a warrior. The malaise of the sick. In the center of the competition stage, Jet Li took a long breath, and after thanking the audience in all directions with his hands clasped in fists, he opened his Shaolin Changquan posture with a "hoo".After that, he started, punched, kicked, punched again, kicked again... During the performance of the movements, he was accompanied by howling sounds.

The eyes of the audience were straightened, and no one would believe that an 11-year-old boy could play such a wonderful and wonderful Shaolin boxing: the whole boxing method is elegant, smart, vigorous, vigorous, unrestrained, full of power, and has an innate Domineering. After a beautiful closing movement, the audience responded with warm applause, which lasted for a long time, and some audience members even jumped up crazily, and Coach Wu Bin was so excited that he cried in the audience.Jet Li moved the judges with his exquisite martial arts and tenacious perseverance in the competition, and unanimously gave him a high score.Jet Li, who had just turned 11, won the laurels of the junior group of the National Wushu Competition, and later won the first place in the all-around junior group.

Then he worked together with his teammates, and made the Beijing team win the first place in the group.The Beijing Wushu team returned triumphantly. In this competition, Jet Li made outstanding contributions. After returning to the martial arts team, he received a hero's welcome and became a radiant martial arts star. Why Jet Li was able to win the first place in the youth group, the "Wulin" magazine at the time analyzed it like this: The characteristics of Li Zhengdong's martial arts movements are: fast speed, accurate movements, great strength, good bounce, clear rhythm and beautiful postures.With fifty or sixty movements in a routine, he can complete them in one go within 80 seconds, with clean moves and clear rhythm.His explosive power in flying and jumping is astonishing, and it lasts for a long time in the air. It is difficult for ordinary martial arts competitors to hit one "whirlwind kick", but he can hit two in a row, and his movements are very beautiful.Being able to have such kung fu has a lot to do with his usual emphasis on honing basic skills under the guidance of his coach.His skills are solid and comprehensive, and he has a lot of skill in knives, spears, sticks, swords, and boxing. Among them, knives and boxing are the most refined, reaching the level of perfection.

In addition, Li Zhengdong's martial arts movements also have innovative elements. "Turning the waist and chopping the knife" in the knife technique is a trick that is easy to learn but difficult to master.In order to be unique, he added a "wrist flower" in the process of splitting the knife. However, the effect was not ideal at the beginning of the experiment, and it gave people a feeling of instability. He changed the vertical rotation to a horizontal rotation, and Adding a "wrist flower" after turning the body not only increases the range of motion, but also increases the aesthetic feeling, so the new posture of "turning the waist and chopping the knife" is very popular with the audience. In the National Games in 1975, Jet Li, who was only 12 years old, actually participated in the adult competition. Before the competition, the leader of the sports school said that it would be great for Jet Li to win a medal this time.But to everyone's surprise, he defeated all the other heroes and sat on the throne of the all-around champion with the best results, which stunned and convinced a group of adult martial arts masters. Since then, he has participated in every national martial arts competition, and won the all-around champion of the national martial arts competition in the first competition.Some martial arts people at that time felt that it was a misfortune in life to be born in the same era as Jet Li. Before the 4th National Games in 1979, due to continuous visits and performances, Jet Li's legs and knees protruded from the tibia, and his posterior tendons were misaligned. Every time he made a move, he felt pain like a knife, but Jet Li still decided to participate in the competition, with amazing hard work and resilience Participating in the competition, he won 5 gold medals in six events in one breath, and won the all-around championship again.His perseverance moved his peers deeply. From 1974 to 1979, Jet Li won the national martial arts competition five times. This is really a generation of martial arts masters who have fought all over the world for no reason.The Beijing Municipal Sports Commission awarded him special merit, and rated him as "the assaulter who bravely climbed the peak".Immediately, people exclaimed, there is a martial arts genius in Beijing! Jet Li won the national martial arts championship repeatedly, which attracted the attention of the government.The party and the government have many civil or official cultural exchange activities.Martial arts is one of the traditional Chinese cultures and is very popular among foreigners. The government saw that Jet Li possesses superb martial arts, so he was selected to participate in cultural exchanges.Before Jet Li was 17 years old, he frequently toured in North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Southeast Asia and other places. When he was in the United States, then President Nixon watched his performance. After the performance, Nixon asked him: "You have such good skills, do you want to be a bodyguard when you grow up?" Jet Li replied shyly: "I don't want to protect one person, I want to protect hundreds of millions of Chinese people." Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger said, "Kid, when you grow up you should be a diplomat not a bodyguard." Now, Jet Li has become a superstar of a generation, acting in kung fu movies all over the world, conveying the heroic image of the Chinese, which is better than the work of some diplomats. With the growth of knowledge and deepening understanding of the world, Jet Li's self-awareness began to wake up, and he began to question this world, and he had two puzzles. First, are the words of the mother and the leader correct?Is what the newspapers and magazines usually say right? Before going abroad, Jet Li obeyed the orders of his mother and leaders. His mother told him to practice martial arts well, and the leaders of the sports school encouraged him to use martial arts to promote Chinese traditional culture, so he honestly followed their words.After traveling to dozens of countries, he thought about all of this, why did he do this?Are they right? In Jet Li's own words, "I have performed in many countries on behalf of China, and I have seen many different cultures and living environments, so on the road after I was 11 years old, I don't believe what adults say, at least I don't 100% Believe it, because what everyone tells me must be so. But what I see is not necessarily so.” There is a deep-seated problem here, which is the ideological difference between countries. Because China was not open at that time, it was opposed to some European and American cultures and looked down upon foreign advanced industrial civilizations.The most typical is a famous slogan during the Cultural Revolution, "I would rather have the grass of socialism than the seedlings of capitalism". However, Jet Li saw some seedlings of capitalism in Europe and America that were really good. He couldn't figure out why he opposed them. ?Are their words true or false? The second confusion is after becoming a national martial arts champion, what should I do next? Jet Li's psychology is exactly the same as that of the heroine Yu Jiaolong in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". There is a line in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" that expresses Yu Jiaolong's psychology after becoming a martial arts master. She said: "After I surpassed you, I seemed to have walked into a world without boundaries. I didn't know where the edge of the world was." The same is true after Jet Li became the five-time all-round martial arts champion. He said in CCTV's "News Meeting Room" column: "Before I won the championship for the fifth time, I wanted to say, no, this (champion) is not my life. What to pursue, because I have proved my champion in five years, when can I prove it, can I prove it to 10 years? Impossible, 20 years? Impossible, you will always be old, always There is a time to change." In the end, Jet Li said: "I should change, I should change careers." Under his fame, Jet Li was deeply worried about his future, where would he go?He was at a loss again. When Jet Li was in distress, fate brought him a turning point. Zhang Xinyan, the director of "Shaolin Temple", found Jet Li. The name Zhang Xinyan is unfamiliar to many people today, but in the 1980s, "Shaolin Temple" directed by him was an immortal classic in the history of Chinese martial arts movies, creating a new era of martial arts movies. The birth of "Shaolin Temple" took a lot of twists and turns. At the end of the 1970s, at the initiative of Comrade Liao Chengzhi, who loves martial arts, the film industry decided to make two films "Shaolin Temple" and "Tai Chi", which reflected the essence of Chinese martial arts, but they were stopped because they emphasized the style of Peking Opera too much.After hearing the news, Yindu Company in Hong Kong thought it was a good theme, and immediately took over the shooting rights to recreate the two films.Yindu Company handed over "Shaolin Temple" to director Zhang Xinyan. The movie "Shaolin Temple" is about: At the end of the Sui Dynasty, Xiaohu's father was brutally murdered by the treacherous general Wang Renze, and Xiaohu was rescued by Shaolin monk Tanzong.In order to avenge his father, Xiaohu worshiped Tanzong as his teacher, practiced Shaolin martial arts, and became a novice monk with the name Jueyuan.One day, Li Shimin was besieged by Wang Renze's soldiers and horses, and Jueyuan and others tried to rescue him.Wang falsely accused him of collaborating with the enemy and conspiring to destroy Shaolin.The monks fought bloody battles, and Tanzong died in battle.Li Shimin led his troops back, Wang Bing mutinied, and Wang Ren was killed by Jue Yuan.In order to inherit the behest of Tanzong, Jueyuan was ordained as a monk and also served as the commander of the martial arts.Tang Dazong ordered the establishment of monks and soldiers, and erected a monument to commend the bravery of the monks.Since then, Shaolin martial arts has become popular, and its reputation has spread all over the world. "Shaolin Temple" is adapted from a long-spread story in Shaolin Temple—the legend of thirteen stick monks saving the Tang king. After the funds were raised, Zhang Xinyan brought his team to Henan to select the scene, and continued to select actors. Henan did not find any martial arts talents, so Zhang Xinyan came to Jinan, Shandong. At this time, Jinan, Shandong was holding a martial arts competition. Experts from all over the country gathered. In Shandong, Zhang Xinyan selected Yu Hai, Liu Huailiang, Du Chuanyang, Yu Chenghui, Sun Jiankui, and Cui Zhiqiang from Shandong; Pan Qingfu from Hunan, Xunfeng from Shaanxi, Hu Jianqiang, Ji Chunhua, and Fang Ping from Zhejiang; and Wang Jue and Wang Qun from Beijing. They are all martial arts masters and champion candidates. However, Zhang Xinyan found that none of these people were suitable to play the leading role Jue Yuan. Jue Yuan is a young man under the age of 20, and he is a very energetic and lively young man.None of these people feel right right now. Director Zhang Xinyan's brain was completely troubled by the protagonist. Later, an assistant showed him a pictorial of Jet Li performing martial arts in Hong Kong in the late 1970s, and Zhang Xinyan immediately thought of this young man.At that time, the Chinese Wushu delegation visited various countries. When they visited the United States and passed through Hong Kong, the Chinese Wushu delegation performed to the audience at the Sunbeam Theater in Hong Kong.Jet Li takes on the main performance tasks, he has many routines and takes a long time to perform.His solid martial arts foundation and flexible skills made the audience pleasing to the eye.Every time he finished performing a martial arts routine, he smiled and thanked the audience. His innocent and childish face, his smile was particularly cheerful, and he was very popular with the audience. After the performance of the martial arts troupe, Zhang Xinyan also had contact with Jet Li's coach Wu Bin. The two hit it off quite well and exchanged many ideas. Zhang Xinyan immediately flew to Beijing. At the sports school, Zhang Xinyan met the martial arts champion Jet Li again. After a few years of seeing each other, Jet Li grew taller, more handsome and handsome.After Zhang Xinyan watched it, he was full of joy, and coach Wu Bin sent a message to let him audition. When Jet Li first heard the news, he didn't believe it. He came to the audition place nervously.Performed a set of martial arts moves, Jet Li in front of the camera showed the temperament of a star in every gesture, Zhang Xinyan immediately decided to let him play the leading role. In May 1980, China's reform and opening up had just begun, and the martial arts blockbuster "Shaolin Temple" started filming at the Shaolin Temple in Songshan, Henan.The entire film invested 1.2 million yuan, which can only be regarded as a small-cost investment now, but it was a huge production at that time. At that time, a person's salary was only more than ten yuan a month, and a catty of pork was only 50 cents. . After entering the film crew, Jet Li and a group of martial arts team members received a filming allowance of one yuan a day, filming from dawn to dusk, and one yuan a day was the salary of Jet Li's first film.Although the salary was low, Jet Li was very serious and hardworking during the filming process. He raced against time to learn any movements that he didn't know. During that period of time, Jet Li moved to the north and south of the river with the change of the movie scene, the majestic and beautiful Songshan Mountain in the summer solstice, the pagoda forest in Shaolin Temple; These natural landscapes not only make the fighting scenes in the film look natural and lifelike, but also let the audience appreciate the ancient culture of our country and the great mountains and rivers. "To practice martial arts, don't be afraid of hardship"; "To practice martial arts, don't relax." This is the mantra often said by the monk Jueyuan in the film, emphasizing resilience and hard work.This kind of spirit, Jet Li's performance is particularly prominent when filming.During a sparring practice, the opponent missed his hand and scratched his forehead with a gun. The blood flowed out. Others panicked, but he acted as if nothing had happened. In the winter of 1980, the crew of "Shaolin Temple" moved to the banks of the Yellow River. Jet Li filmed the scene of fighting the enemy in the water of the Yellow River. When the cold current hit, the north wind blew on the river, making people shiver. Jet Li and Yu Chenghui filmed For the sparring scene, the director requested to show the feeling of Xia Tian. Fighting in Xia Tian must be sweaty. In order to achieve this feeling, the production staff poured a basin of cold water on the two of them, making them completely soaked, and then started filming.At that time, Jet Li and Yu Chenghui were also in their youth. Because of the exercise, not only did they not feel the cold, but the heat from the two steamed their clothes dry. Seeing this, they poured a basin of water to wet their backs. People fought again, after drying, wetting again... So wet and dry, dry and wet for a total of four days. When Jet Li recalled the reason for this, he said: "At that time, I felt that I had a lot of tasks in the film, and I couldn't delay the progress of the film because of myself, so no matter how hard or tired I was, I didn't ask for a break." The crew admired his professionalism very much. , called him "Desperate Saburo". After the film was finished, Jet Li's extraordinary skills were fully demonstrated in this film. When he practiced spears, he walked in a crooked manner, suddenly pulled out of the ground to lunge and stab the gun, and then landed to catch the gun; , the knife went off the edge, and the knife technique shone with a compelling light.He completed these difficult movements in one go, giving people a sense of majesty, thinness, and cleanliness. After the film was released, director Zhang Xinyan spoke highly of Jet Li.Said: "In addition to his good image and great skills, he (Jet Li) also gives people a fresh and pure feeling. Most of the general martial arts are reckless and have a quack air, but he is very skilled in martial arts, but he has no vulgar acts; The spirit of the world; brave and resolute, without a vicious appearance. He has a simple temperament and a heroic force. He is not the kind of simple-minded martial artist, but a handsome guy with high skills and boldness. Therefore, Jet Li is known for his real kung fu and good acting skills. , The pure temperament won the audience's love." The filming of "Shaolin Temple" is against the showy performances and camera skills of old martial arts movies, allowing the audience to truly appreciate the real kung fu of Chinese martial arts.Jet Li became a hero in the hearts of teenagers. They came to Shaolin Temple to learn from their masters one after another, and embarked on the road of martial arts.Jet Li's success also made many teenagers dream of Kung Fu stars. The newspapers at that time published news that many teenagers did not go to school, sneaked out of the house, and went to Songshan to learn martial arts. Because of the popular broadcast of "Shaolin Temple", Shaolin Temple has also changed from a quiet place to a crowded place, and there is an endless stream of people who come to visit and visit.Due to the boom in tourism, a small town was newly built at the foot of Songshan Mountain to receive tourists from all over the world. At that time, Shaolin Temple's theme song "Shepherd's Song" was sung in cities and towns all over the country, and the sound of "sunrise at Songshan Col, morning bell startles birds..." was heard from tape recorders in the streets and alleys.A pictorial of Jet Li's black tiger digging out his heart was hung on self-employed stalls, on the walls of young men and women, and stuffed in children's schoolbags. The media commented that the image of the bald monk Jueyuan has become a mark of the times. "Shaolin Temple" not only achieved success in mainland China, but also caused a sensation in the film world after it was released overseas, breaking the record of Chinese-language films sold abroad at that time. The box office in Hong Kong alone reached more than 16 million. At that time, this was an astronomical figure. .People from all walks of life have praised: Chinese martial arts has created a precedent for real kung fu movies, and real kung fu is still in China. In recent years, a statue of Jet Li practicing martial arts in the movie "Shaolin Temple" was erected in front of Shaolin Temple to commemorate the great popularity and influence that "Shaolin Temple" and Jet Li brought to Shaolin Temple. When Jet Li was filming Shaolin Temple, there was an interesting episode. After "Shaolin Temple" Songshan was turned on, one day, he got up in the morning to practice martial arts, and the abbot of Shaolin Temple also went out for a walk. He took a look at Jet Li, and then said to him: "Little Is the benefactor an actor from "Shaolin Temple"?" Seeing that it was the abbot, Jet Li stopped to salute and said, "I will play the protagonist Jue Yuan in "Shaolin Temple"." The abbot looked at him carefully again, and said, "The little benefactor is bound by Buddha." Then, the abbot left. Jet Li was young at the time and didn’t understand what the meaning of Buddha’s fate was. He came back and asked other people, saying: “Just now the abbot of Shaolin Temple took a look at me, and he said that I have Buddha’s fate. What does that mean? " The others laughed when they heard this, and said, "You are destined to have a predestined relationship with the Buddha, and you will eventually convert to Buddhism and become a Buddhist disciple. Simply put, you want to become a monk." After Jet Li heard it, he also smiled and said: "Really, how can something that is predestined be violated? Tomorrow I will become a monk." The director Zhang Xinyan heard about this, he was taken aback, and hurriedly called Jet Li over and said, "Your leading actor, how can you become a monk?" Seeing that the director was anxious, Jet Li said: "I was joking with them, I don't want to be a monk." Only then did Zhang Xinyan feel relieved. However, fate may really have a doomed element, Jet Li finally converted to Buddhism, it is said that he was influenced by his friend Chen Lan.Chen Lan is the wife of Xiang Huaqiang, the president of Hong Kong China Star Film Company, and a Buddhist disciple.Once, Jet Li and Chen Lan encountered a typhoon on a plane, everyone on board was scared out of their wits, only Mrs. Xiang acted nonchalantly, Jet Li was very surprised and asked: "Why are you not afraid now?" Said to his wife: "If you don't believe in reincarnation, it's better to laugh to death than to be scared to death." Mrs. Xiang's open-minded view of life and death aroused Jet Li's interest in Buddhism.Later, Jet Li followed Luo Gongsang Rinpoche to learn Buddhism, and finally became a Buddhist disciple.Tracing back to the origin, his first affiliation with Buddha was a speech given to him by the abbot of Shaolin Temple. There are actually many Buddhist believers in Hong Kong's entertainment industry, including Andy Lau, Rosamund Kwan and Zeng Zhiwei. The success of "Shaolin Temple" made Jet Li famous overnight, and that year he became a Chinese youth striker, all the halos were focused on him, and he became proud and conceited. Many years later, when he was interviewed by CCTV, he talked about the change in his mentality at that time. Host: "How much change has the success of "Shaolin Temple" brought to your life? Jet Li: "Most young people, facing the aura of success, will feel that they are great. I was the same at the time. Although I was very humble, I was very proud and arrogant in my heart. I felt that I was great. In fact, this kind of The halo should come from the group. I understand this truth began after filming "Once Upon a Time". The success of "Shaolin Temple" had a great influence on me at that time. One movie made you in the whole of China, and most of the people can know who you are. This means that there will be a lot of aura overnight, and there will be a lot of people. lure.For example, a check, millions, I hope you make a movie. With his fame, he also began to worry every day. At this time, he hoped that he could make a better and more popular film.However, under China's national conditions at that time, there were many restrictions on filming, so the few films he made did not surpass "Shaolin Temple". among. Moreover, with the passage of time, the sense of success brought by "Shaolin Temple" has gradually faded away, and his popularity has also turned from prosperity to decline. At this time, this makes Jet Li feel that the situation is over. In the next few years, Jet Li was not only troubled because the films he produced could not surpass "Shaolin Temple", but also some practices of the unit also troubled him and chilled him. After filming "Shaolin Temple", when "Shaolin Temple" was not performing, bad luck also followed. Because of long-term injuries during the filming and lack of timely treatment, Jet Li was bruised and bruised. After returning to the sports school, in During a training session, Jet Li's leg was broken, which was very serious. The medial ligament, cruciate ligament, and half-plate were all broken. The operation took seven and a half hours. Ten days after the operation, when the doctor came to visit him in the ward, he said to him: "What I can help you with is that you can walk normally." Hearing this sentence, Jet Li felt as if he had received a blow to the head. He who has always been very strong immediately burst into tears. He cried for a long time, thinking that his life would be wasted like this, and all his dreams would come to naught. The next day, Jet Li asked the doctor, "If I exercise again, what will be the consequences?" The doctor said: "Break it again, and operate again." Jet Li said unconvinced: "Do it again?" The doctor said: "If you break it again, if you break it too badly, the tendon will not be able to connect, and you will fall to your knees when you walk." The doctor's words once again plunged him into despair.He was lying on the bed like a zombie, with only one thought in his mind, what would he do in the future? While he was lying on the hospital bed, "Shaolin Temple" became popular all over the country.Jet Li struggled for a long time, and decided that he would rather have a second operation, exercise, and make martial arts movies, so he gritted his teeth and walked down.After "Shaolin Temple", Jet Li had to film every movie with bandages on his feet, and he had to grit his teeth to do every movie. After that, he has persisted in this way in his film career for more than 20 years. At the same time, after seeing that Jet Li could not be an athlete, the unit signed him to a film company in Hong Kong and asked him to help the unit earn money for five years.Jet Li objected to this approach of the unit, but under the system at that time, it was useless for Jet Li to object, which made Jet Li very annoyed. Jet Li is annoyed for a reason. After the success of "Shaolin Temple", a Hong Kong filmmaker came to Jet Li's hospital bed and asked him to star in a martial arts movie, and offered him a sky-high price of 3 million yuan for a movie. People in Yuan are envied by everyone, not to mention three million is placed in front of a 19-year-old young man, how can he not be tempted.However, the sports school did not allow him to sign a contract with the film company in private.Faced with this situation, Jet Li didn't know what to do, and Jet Li's family didn't know what to do either. When Jet Li recalled his mood at that time, he said: Three million for a movie, for a 19-year-old child, in the 1980s when our salary was still tens of dollars, a check for three million was very tempting, and in a family like mine that was very difficult since childhood Children who grew up in rural areas are very tempting, but you can’t take it, because you belong to the country, you belong to the unit, and you have to go back to the original unit, and you can’t do things on your own.The salary for filming "Shaolin Temple" was 1 yuan a day, and the salary for the second film was 2 yuan a day. Jet Li felt very painful but there was nothing he could do. In this way, in a chaotic situation, from 1980 to 1988, for eight years, he only made four films including "Shaolin Temple". The pay ranges from one dollar to two dollars to three dollars.However, for every film made, the unit has an income of 50,000 yuan.Jet Li felt very unfair. These eight years have been a torment for Jet Li's soul. He said in an interview with CCTV: The salary has risen from one yuan to three yuan. Like all young people, you are underappreciated. You have the ability, and you should have the opportunity to give you a stage to perform, but no, you have no right to control your own destiny at all, and you can't show it.I feel that youth is young, I don't know how many eight years of my life have to be wasted like this, and I have no choice but to wait. This is how I came here before 1988. Just when Jet Li was making films with his indomitable spirit, another bad luck came to him in 1986, because he was in a bad mood for many years and was often injured when making films. The 23-year-old Jet Li suddenly became seriously ill. He lay in bed like a zombie and could not move. He could not eat for several months and only relied on nutrient solution to maintain his life.Many doctors gathered together, but they could not diagnose a result.At that time, he looked at the evening sunset outside the hospital, thinking that his life would soon pass away, and all his dreams would come to naught. This illness made him understand the meaning and value of many things in the world, and it also paved the way for him to escape into Buddhism in the future. Foreshadowing. Perhaps his life should not die, according to someone's introduction, Jet Li's family found a man named Zhao Xuequn in Beijing to treat him.Dr. Zhao is a brilliant doctor. After listening to Jet Li's narration, she immediately explained his cause: long-term filming is overworked, the stomach is shifted, and the capillaries are pressed. Because the position of the shift is too slight, the photo X Can't even see the light. After the diagnosis, Dr. Zhao massaged Jet Li's back. She rubbed it casually a few times, and Jet Li felt relieved.The next day, I massaged my back in the same way and spit out a large amount of stagnant blood. It was very miraculous. After several massage treatments, the abdominal pain disappeared quickly. When he was discharged from the hospital, the doctor warned Jet Li: "You'd better end all sports, including movies, otherwise accidents will happen at any time." Li Lianjie was stupid when he heard it. He could not be afraid of hardships and difficulties, but he was afraid that he would not be able to exercise or make films. If he could not move, his life would not be over. what to do?Dr. Zhao cured his illness, but her words made him feel sick again. As a national martial arts champion, can he not exercise?The movie business has only started for a few years, can I give up? Jet Li's career began to enter a trough. He didn't know what to do with himself, and he didn't know which path he was going to take, or where he was going.